Former Russian national team goalkeeper Ruslan Nigmatullin appreciated the choice of goalkeepers by the technical staff Russian team for the next friendly matches.
Valery Karpin’s side will play Tajikistan and Uzbekistan on November 17 and 20 respectively. The final bid includes four goalkeepers: Anton Shunin (Dynamo), Alexander Selikhov (Spartak), Matvey Safonov (Krasnodar) and Sergei Pesyakov (Rostov).
– (Goalkeeping coach) Vitaly Kafanov has his own opinion, he trusts more experienced goalkeepers. On the other hand, Safonov is the principal of this team, and he is still very young. Yes, and Selikhov cannot be called a veteran. Yes, maybe such matches are an opportunity to get to know one of the promising players better. But the coaches decided so, let’s trust them – in the end they are responsible for the result, – Nigmatullin told “”.
Source : MatchTV

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